Soils survey and soils behaviour

Any development is likely to disturb a natural balance and this risk must be able to be assessed by a in-depth knowledge of the site and the appropriate scientific tools. The objectives of this course are:

• to give students the knowledge necessary to define and carry out a campaign to recognize soils of a site, this recognition will be supplemented by laboratory tests
• to present the analysis tools making it possible to assess the risks of instability of natural slopes or those built by the man, -to introduce more sophisticated soil behavior modeling tools used in large offices geotechnical studies.

Experimental behavior of soils (clay + sands) Soil recognition (in situ tests + laboratory) Slope stability (static + dynamic)